Improvement in suspenders



J. W. DAYTON SUSPBNDERS Patented Feb. '7,-'1871.

JOHN W. DAYTON, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 111,617, dated February 7; 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN s fsPeNoERs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part oi the same.-

To all whom it may convent:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. DAYTON, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement .in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare the following,.when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and'represents in Figure 1, a View of the rear portion of the suspenders; c

Figure 2, a side or edgeview of the same; and in Figure 3, the loop by which the webbing is attached.

to the end. 1

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of that portion of suspenders which lies upon the back of the person.

In the usual construction, as the body is 'bent to one side or the other one suspendei-is loosened, and

fonpersons laboring, working without outer-garments,

the suspenders are liable, from such bending of the body, to slip off the shoulders. To avoid this diificnlty the suspenders are made elastic, which but par tially overcomes the difficulty, and as the elasticity is but of short duration it possesses but little advantage.

To overcome these ditficulties and construct a suspender which shallat all times hear alike upon both shoulders is the object of my invention; and

It consists in overlapping or doubling the middle portion of the webbing, and passing the two lapped portions'each over an independent roller or bar in. a looping device which connects thesuspenders to the end.

A is the webbing which passes over the left shoulder- B the one which passes ,over the right shoulder;

the two lapped onto each other, and secured together ata on one side and b on the other, thus making the suspenderdouble over the portion from a down and up to l), "as seen iufig. 2.

The web of the partA runs down and through a loop, 0, under a bar or roller, d, up to b, where it' is secured to the part B. V

The part B runs dowuthrough the sameloop 0, passing below the bar fifrom the same side as thepart' A, and up to a, where it is secured to the part A.

To the loop C the two ends 1) E are attached, by means of which the suspenders are secured to the parts in the usual manner.

By this construction, as one shoulder is lowered the other is raised. The brace over the raised shoulder draws up with the shoulder, and at the same time down upon the other shoulder. Thus, whateverthe position of the person the brace has an equal bearing uponboth shoulders. I I

Another advantage of .this construction is that .the suspenders are s'elfiequalizing, and that however the front ends are adjusted," the hearing will be' equal. Therefore, shortening one end of ;the suspenderpractically shortens both ends one-half the amount-taken up on one end, thus avoiding the discomfort experienced from the uneven adjustment of the suspenders in front.

I claim as 1ny'inventi'on- The two parts A B of a pair of suspenders,

doubled and overlapping, each part passing over an independent bar, d j, of a looping device. 0, substantiallv as set forth;

JOHN W. DAYTON.

Witnesses:

W. G. Brown, (5150. H. CowELn. 

